Tuesday, July 3, 2012

thank you

Graham came home Sunday.

I don't know if I understand the distance between that sentence and the ones we heard from Dr. Geis late last Wednesday night, "I would like to do surgery now. I'm not sure he will make it until morning."

But he did make it, through five surgeries, through a drug induced coma, through days when we could only see him through a cage, then with the door open, then in a room for five minutes, then in a room for thirty minutes. And the day before yesterday, we brought our dog home.

But, not just our dog, your dog. See, neither of us had any question of whether or not we would try to save him.

It's Graham.

We made the call on the surgery that night. But once the credit cards were maxed out our only options were to take our half-healed puppy, still very much in danger, home to fight an unwinnable battle or allow our great friends, Liz and Amy, to ask the world for help.

And you helped. You all helped. You very much helped in great droves and with great generosity. You saved him.

And so, Graham is no longer just our dog. He is your dog too. When you see a picture of him online, when you see him at a 5k or the dogpark, when you are at our house or we are at yours, you can say, "That's my dog. That's my Graham."

When he came into our house, he saved Katie and made us a family. Now you have saved him and you are family.

Oh what a beautiful story, restores faith! I just heard about it on Facebook via Patrick Gavin. I make pins for causes and would love to show my support and send you one of the "My Dog Rescued Me" pins. Is there a mailing address you can send me?best,LisaBeth Weberwww.causepins.comcreate@lisabethweber.com

Seriously, you guys, this is like the fourth time this dog made me cry. Stop it already! That said, I'm really happy the little bugger is pulling through. Give him a couple of weeks... I predict much fetching and furballs.

I'm a new visitor to your blog and just spent the past twenty minutes catching up on this with a big lump in my throat. I'm so thankful to read Graham is doing better and that he came home. A community is incredible and it seems like this one absolutely is (I'm a veteran book blogger and a new running blogger). My heart is full reading your posts and I will continue to keep up with your site.

I'm crying. I haven't been following up with blogs lately and just now got to check in and see how Graham was doing. I AM SO HAPPY TO HEAR HE IS HOME! I am still wishing him a healthy recovery. There is power in prayer and community. Hugs to you all.